MUCOSAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mucosal mean? 

• MUCOSAL (adjective)
  The adjective MUCOSAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to mucous membranes

  Familiarity information: MUCOSAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUCOSAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to mucous membranes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

mucosa (mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior)

Derivation:

mucosa (mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior)

 Context examples 

A break in the mucosal surface of the oral cavity.

(Mouth Sore, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in both cellular adhesion and the maintenance of mucosal surfaces.

(MUC16 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Secreted TFF acts on adjacent mucosal cell populations either extracellularly (augmenting barrier function) or intracellularly (transcriptional and signaling events).

(Mucosal Healing Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Cyanovirin-N binds to the sugar moieties on the HIV particle and impairs the binding of virion-associated gp120 to cell-associated CD4 on mucosal surfaces and impedes membrane fusion.

(Cyanovirin-N, NCI Thesaurus)

Accumulation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in the mucosal crypts of the colon.

(Crypt Abscess, NCI Thesaurus)

Complete or partial removal of a polypoid lesion from the mucosal surface of the large intestine.

(Colonoscopic Polypectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by moderate or severe epithelial dysplasia and complex architectural alterations of the mucosal epithelium.

(Colorectal High Grade Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of smooth muscle branching bands, and cystic mucosal changes.

(Colorectal Peutz-Jeghers Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

Extension of the normal mucosa into and through the muscular wall and maintaining differentiation of the mucosal cell types.

(Mucosal Herniation of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Mucosal epithelia in the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and reproductive tracts produce a form of IgA (IGA, SECRETORY) that serves to protect these ports of entry into the body.

(Mucosal Immunity, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)